Lu Sijian looked at the flowers, her feelings a mix of emotions. "Thank you."

Of course she recognized who the two people were, after all, they had once gone to the Lu family to deliver flowers and leave a thank-you note.

She was relatively unfamiliar with Li Xuan, after all, they had only met once, and the other person was still lying in a pool of blood at the time.

As for Jiang Ningning... the two met quite often, after all, she was such a hardworking girl, often doing her homework at the cafeteria table.

Later, she was taken hostage, her face was slashed, and blood flowed all over her face. Although she was very scared, she was determined and brave enough to cover for her, which allowed her to successfully sneak upstairs.

The other person had a scar on their face, clearly from that time.

Lou Xiao frowned. "Sheng Yunchao, what exactly are you trying to do? Letting unrelated people in at this time is inappropriate, isn't it?"

After all, supernatural and bizarre things are still horrifying, and he didn't want to involve innocent passersby.

Sheng Yunchao pointed at Jiang Ningning: "You don't know her?"

"Why should I get to know her?" Lou Xiao asked rhetorically.

"Jiang Ningning! You are Jiang Ningning!" Shen Baolin suddenly couldn't sit still.

Mu Liangyue couldn't help but take a closer look at Jiang Ningning's face. The girl had a gentle temperament, and her figure was somewhat similar to her own...

"It's you."

Lou Xiao also realized that this girl was clearly one of the victims from back then, and he had met her once when he arrived.

He didn't quite understand why, even if this person was related to the kidnapping case, they had been hiding for three whole years. Why bring them out now?

Jiang Ningning: "Miss Lu, you saved my life back then, and I've always wanted to thank you in person."

She was shy and not used to speaking in front of so many people, so her cheeks flushed slightly.

Lou Xiao: "Now that you've said thank you, you can leave."

Someone who hasn't shown their face for three years suddenly reappears; who knows if they have ulterior motives?

He didn't notice that Lu Lingchen was unusually silent.

"What do you think she came here for?" Lu Lingjun sneered. "You're overthinking it. If she wanted to curry favor, she would have done so three years ago. After all, back then, you and I were open to any act of gratitude."

Sheng Yunchao: "Miss Jiang and her grandfather have never forgotten to repay the kindness over the years. They manage a farm in the countryside, and every year they send baskets of the mountain delicacies and agricultural products they harvest to the Lu family. After sending them, they leave without even leaving their names."

Lou Xiao was taken aback. So that's how it is.

Jiang Ningning was a little embarrassed. "Miss Lu saved my life. We just wanted to express our gratitude, since we didn't get to say thank you in person. If Miss Lu finds this troublesome, we won't see you off anymore."

She has a natural simplicity; she doesn't try to say nice things, but she is sincere and radiant.

Mu Liangyue was very clever. From Lu Lingjun's words that he would not refuse any act of repaying kindness, she realized that he was implying that he was referring to her.

She was able to stay by clearly labeling herself as someone who was repaying a debt of gratitude.

But it turns out that after receiving such a great debt of gratitude, one can also easily say "I won't bother you" like Jiang Ningning.

If Jiang Ningning hadn't appeared, she wouldn't even have been able to examine her own heart and whether such a frantic act of repaying kindness was what Lu Sijian needed.

"Miss Shen, is there anything you'd like to say?" Sheng Yunchao glanced at Mu Liangyue, then looked at Shen Baolin.

Shen Baolin clenched her fists. If Jiang Ningning hadn't shown up, she could have simply ignored Lu Sijian's kindness to her. But now she could no longer deceive herself.

All three survivors were rescued by Lu Sijian.

The only person who truly receives kindness without repaying it is herself.

She lowered her head in embarrassment, her heart filled with unbearable torment.

Li Xuan glanced at Guan Yu before daring to step forward. "Miss Lu, I also want to thank you. Back at Anlan Hospital, you not only saved my life, but also my mother's."

Lou Xiao's heart skipped a beat. "Wait a minute, what Anlan Hospital?"

Li Xuan looked at him with a strange expression: "It's Anlan Hospital, the one where the stabbing incident happened in March..."

The sounds around him were already blurred. Lou Xiao stared blankly at Lu Sijian for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice, "You went to save people, why didn't you tell me?"

I was initially disappointed in her, thinking she was selfish for not helping someone in distress. But it turns out she had already planned to save them.

Sheng Yunchao: "Why don't we ask President Lou first? Can't you hear her thoughts? Knowing that a murder would happen, what did you do?"

Lou Xiao was completely stumped by the question.

He reassigned Xie Qinglan to a different shift and then notified the hospital to strengthen security checks, but nothing was prevented.

The knife attack has finally happened.

Sheng Yunchao turned to look at Lu Sijian, "Ah Jian, you've always felt that your actions in saving people that day were meaningless, because in the end you found out that the two people who should have died deserved to die, and you feel that your interference dragged others down."

“But I have to tell you, it was Lou Xiao who dragged others down. He did ask Dr. Xie to switch shifts, but in fact, the suspect did not give up killing just because Dr. Xie was not there. He said in the interrogation room that killing one was not a loss, killing two was a gain.”

Lou Xiao broke out in a cold sweat; he had underestimated the evil in human nature.

“Ms. Lu, your act of saving lives is meaningful! My mother was in the clinic that day, and if you hadn’t caught the knife with your bare hands, she would have been killed.” Li Xuan pursed her lips.

She wasn't even sure if she would survive.

Because if Lu Sijian hadn't caught up, the suspect wouldn't have been in such a hurry and might have had time to finish him off.

She was terrified just thinking about it.

Lu Sijian's eyelashes trembled slightly. "...I took advantage of the props."

"Really? That swindler who almost tricked you?" Sheng Yunchao chuckled. "You weren't even sure it would work, but you still did it; and you suffered the pain of the backlash."

Lou Xiao felt as if his heart was being torn apart. He took a deep breath and looked at Sheng Yunchao, "Bring out all the misunderstandings now."

He had already understood Sheng Yunchao's intention; the other party wanted to make them feel utterly ashamed.

A wave of regret washed over him. He had given up resisting and struggling. In the end, he had made too many mistakes, and there was no going back.

"No rush, one thing at a time." Sheng Yunchao's gaze turned to the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman rushed forward, "Miss Lu, it's me! Jiao Jiao's mother..."

The familiar voice was like a switch suddenly flipped, and a memory flooded into my mind.

She unconsciously gripped Sheng Yunchao's wrist, her eyes widening, "Sheng Yunchao, no!"

"Yes, yes!" The middle-aged woman wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry we arrived too late, causing you to suffer so much criticism."

"I need to explain clearly why Miss Lu beat up that beast Lu Yaohua, because he deserves to die a horrible death!" The middle-aged woman gritted her teeth in hatred.

“Back then, that beast lied to me, saying he would tutor my daughter. I was so foolish to believe his lies! Otherwise, my daughter wouldn’t have been violated by him… Later, he turned around and accused my 15-year-old daughter of seducing him! He said we wanted to pay for the tutoring with our daughter’s body!”

Lou Xiao then realized why the middle-aged woman was wearing a scarf and mask.

It is clear that the victim's family chose to drop the pursuit in order to protect their daughter's reputation.

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